Chapter 315: Life is as lonely as snow
When kneading mud strips, it is not very difficult to make them neat and smooth, and the thickness is the same.
Even if you can't do it as quickly as Lu Chen, you can just rub it for a while.
But when the mud strips are coiled, the mud strips are not so obedient, and if you don't get it right, it will be crooked.
Not to mention that it is not good-looking, it is easy to have a gap in the middle.
Naturally, the plate leaks are not good, and like that kind of failed product, it can only be redone.
"Practice makes perfect."
"You can do more and be like me."
Lu Chen comforted Qin Shou.
"Hey, then I'll try again."
Qin Shou sighed.
Lu Chen didn't rub with Qin Shou, he found a dead old tree nearby.
He cut down the old tree, took a thick trunk and dragged it back, and then chopped it with an axe to trim it to the desired shape.
"Brother Lu, what are you doing here?"
Qin Shou asked curiously.
"Make a pottery tool."
"This thing is called a fast wheel, I don't know if you've ever heard of a fast wheel pulling embryo."
Lu Chen asked rhetorically.
"I've heard that the pottery shop I saw before used to use this method."
Qin Shou thought for a while and said.
"Well, it's a fast way to make pottery."
"The master can make a pottery in a few minutes."
"Although the finished product made by the fast wheel is not as beautiful as the slow wheel, this method is fast enough and it is very convenient to make daily necessities."
Lu Chen had already figured out the prototype of the fast wheel, and was making further repairs at this time.
What he made was relatively simple, after all, the conditions of the desert island were limited, and he didn't have high requirements, as long as this thing could be used normally.
Qin Shou slowly made a plate with the mud strip plate construction method, and when he made the fifth plate, Lu Chen's tools were also ready.
Lu Chen used a newly made stone shovel to dig a slender pit in the ground and placed the lower part of the fast wheel used to pull the embryo into it.
On the ground, only one large disc remains, and a small disc on top.
There was a hole in the center of the disc, and Lu Chen found a wooden stick of the right thickness, trimmed its surface to a relatively smooth state, and inserted it into the hole in the center of the disc.
The sticks are thinner than the holes, and they are stuck diagonally there.
Subsequently, Lu Chen took out a ball of blank material, which formed a cylindrical shape.
"Brother Lu, are you going to start doing it?"
"What are you going to do, also make pottery plates?"
"Is this the fast wheel used to pull the embryo? This one is not quite the same as what I saw in the pottery shop, it is much bigger. ”
Qin Shou asked curiously.
"Well, I'm going to start too."
"I make a few clay pots, and when they are ready, they can be used to make soup, or to hold things or something."
"Although the clay strip plate construction method can also be used to make clay pots, the speed will be a little slower."
"The method of fast-wheel embryo pulling is relatively efficient."
"My tool is relatively simple and old."
"The modern fast-wheel embryo drawing technology is very mature, and the tools have been improved many times, so it's normal to be different from me."
Lu Chen planned to draw the embryo by hand.
Otherwise, the clay pot is large in size, and it will take too long to build it with a clay strip plate.
Lu Chen's own hand speed is good, but Qin Shou has never been exposed to these, and it may take half a day to make a clay pot.
They have limited conditions, and the methods they use are relatively old, and the failure rate will be a little higher.
So things have to be done a little more, so that even if they fail partially, there will still be some finished products.
And if you want to make it in large quantities, you naturally have to adopt a more time-saving method.
"Brother Lu, you know a lot."
"With such a remote process of ceramic production, you will actually have more than one method."
Qin Shou smacked his tongue and admired it even more.
"Small."
Lu Chen said indifferently.
Lu Chen sat on a small bench and placed the cylindrical clay on the small disc on top of the fast wheel.
Then kick the large disc underneath with his foot from time to time, and both discs spin rapidly.
As the disc turned, Lu Chen's hand also moved flexibly.
The small wooden stick in the center always maintained a stable position with the flick of his fingers.
The cylindrical clay changed shape rapidly.
The original clump of clay began to spread out on the rapidly rotating wheel.
Immediately, under Lu Chen's flexible operation, it quickly turned into a hollow cylinder with thin upper and lower and thick middle.
In just a few minutes, a smooth, round clay pot took shape.
"Cow!"
"It's a miracle that a clay pot can be made so quickly."
Qin Shou's eyes widened and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
"Thanks to the wisdom of the ancients, we have such a good tool to make pottery so quickly."
Lu Chen did not take credit.
The prototype of the clay pot had already come out, but Lu Chen's hand kept moving, he held a bamboo piece in his left hand, scraping dexterously.
Soon, a smooth and beautiful clay pot was made.
"Don't be modest, it's true that tools are the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, but Brother Lu, you don't have to talk about your craftsmanship."
"This clay pot is smooth and neat, and the texture is delicate, and that's your credit."
"How can ordinary people do it so smoothly and so beautifully."
Qin Shou praised sincerely.
"You're getting better and better."
Lu Chen laughed.
"How can this be sycophant, it's all true."
"Brother Lu's craft, I don't have to say it!"
Qin Shou grinned and gave a thumbs up.
The two continued to make it, and they had a clear division of labor.
Qin Shou made the lids of clay plates and clay pots, while Lu Chen made clay pots and clay bowls.
Lin Lin always made dozens of pottery out, and then they stopped.
"The finished embryonic body needs to be placed in a ventilated and dry place to dry."
"Put the pottery over there to dry first."
Lu Chen stood up and pointed in the direction near the cliff.
He laid out the finished pottery one by one so that it could be better ventilated and dried.
The cliff position is high, and there is a long period of wind flow.
On the other side of the cliff, the wind barely stopped.
It's a little colder, but it's absolutely ventilated, and it's right to put the pottery in that direction.
Qin Shou was also with Lu Chen, and after a while, a pile of pottery was neatly arranged, just waiting to be dried by the wind.
"Isn't it difficult to make pottery, we can make so much in one afternoon."
Qin Shou was full of a sense of accomplishment, and he crossed his waist triumphantly.
So many things are the fruits of their labor.
There are so many contestants, I'm afraid that only they have the ability to make pottery, the more Qin Shou thinks about it, the more proud he becomes.
"It's not difficult for those who know how to make pottery, but those who are difficult won't."
"Life, it's really lonely like snow~"
Lu Chen opened his arms and looked up to the sky and sighed.
's sassy appearance made the audience in the live broadcast room itch for a while.
"What's next?"
"Are you waiting here for the pottery to dry?"
Qin Shou asked, gritting his teeth.
"Dig a pit."
Lu Chen put his hands behind his back, his face full of leisure.
(End of chapter)